Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-02-24


ish wheat crop short.
A PROLONGED war between the Italians
and the Abyssinians is expected. No moth
fication of the blockade has been given at
Massowah. Lloyd's agent reports that the
quarrel will not affect shipping, except as
a stimulus.
THE situation in the Friendly islands is
reported serious and revolution is likely
to follow the punishment Of the murderers
of Missionary Baker.
PRoF. VIRCHow, in the course OF a speech
to the electors of the Second Berlin circle,
denounced the Vatican's interference as
coercion to the Catholic electors, which all
Germany should resent.
THE Austrian Government has introduced
a bill in the Reichsrath appropriating H.
600, 600 forms for the equipment of the mi
litia.
THE schooner Alice NJ. Strople, from
Grand Banks, n. F., reports January 30,
John Forsberg, Fred Gustafron and John
Moran, three of the crew, were drowned
wnirI attending travis by the capsizing of
their dory.
NEGOTIATIONS are in progress for a re-
newal of the entente between Germany,
Austria and Italy to cover all points.
EXTRA police are being drafted in County
Clare, Ireland, and evictions have COM
menced on large scale on Lord Corlk's es-
tate, near Glenbeigh.
IT Is reported in Warsaw that the British
authorities in India have completed the
Quettah railway to Northwest Afghanistan
and Russia proposes to investigate the mat
ter.
The British House of Commons refused
to entertain motion for an inquiry into the
administration of the crofter districts.
THE secret society recently discovered in
st. Petersburg contemplated no harm 10
the Gar.
GENERAL KAULBARs has been appointed
military attache to the Russian embassy at
Teheran, the capital of Persia.
AN influential meeting at Leicester, Eng,
has Endorsed the action of the silver party
at Washington and unanimously adopted a
resolution declaring that nothing short of
free coinage of silver Wonld support prices
in the interest of the debtor classes.
THE Guion line steamer Wisconsin went
ashore off Patchogue, l.. l., on the 10th,
with her rudder post broken. No other
damage was reported.
IT is reported that all the tenants in the
Bodyke estates in Ireland are armed with
rifles, and propose to resist evictionS.
KING HUMBERr of Italy, has given $50, DOC
for the relief of the families of the men
killed in the recent battles in the Soudan.
The corporation of Belfast has awarded
Ga, 511 compensation for damages inflicted
in the recent riots in that city.
AN Odessa dispatch says the recent riot
at the Demidoff spinning mills was occa-
stoned by the discharge of 9, 500 women and
children in accordance with new law.
Chief Orloff and his assistant, SakarOf;
were murdered by the mob and other Off
Gals had narrow escapes. The offices at the
mill were completely wrecked and the en-
tire plant, including machinery, was demol-
ished. The outbreak was fomented by so
cialists.
ADvIcEs from Pagas state that King
Tofa, of Porto Novo. India, has practiced
horrible cruelties toward subordinate
princes, cutting out their eyes and tongues,
breaking jaws and scalping and burning
them.
THE British ship Swan, heavily laden
with cotton, was recently ashore in the
Gulf of Mexico west of Cedar Keys.
FIVE men were killed and two badly in.
iured near Levant, Ontario, recently by a
fall of earth in the Wilbur mines.
THE address an reply to the Queens
speech was adopted by the British Parlia-
ment on the nth by 2S3 to 20.
THE head cashier of the Banco Industrial
of Havana, Cuba, has disappeared with
$50, 900 in gold of the institution.
RUssINs attempts to secure German sup
port to her Bulgarian policy having failed,
it Is learned, according to dispatch from
Berlin, that as Il last resort she has offered
to observe complete neutrality in case of d
conflict between France and Germany.
EMF. Holub, the African explorer, has
reached Shospong, Bechuanaland, in a des-
titute condition, his camp Lake Bang
welo having been attacked and plundered
by natives and his fellow explorer, Zotner,
murdered. Holub was absent at the time
of the attack.